Issue date: April 2, 2000

Last Best of the Web

Best of the Web

Hello, spring. Goodbye, decent tee times. Links lovers know how tough it is to schedule times by phone -- suffering through a phone tree to find that the time you want is booked. Relief is coming. Cyber sign-up is coming to a course near you.

Netcaddy.com's new interactive software works like a pen-and-paper tee sheet. This year, the company will hit more than 20 Professional Golfers' Association events to show golfers and clubhouse staffers how it works. Netcaddy.com has courses throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, with more signing on nationwide. Bookforgolf.com has paired with golf.com to offer online tee times, too. Their list of courses is expansive, but as with netcaddy.com, not all are signed on yet. Ditto for greens.com.

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